Board 8 > What's your preferred episode count of TV/web series nowadays?

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Raka_Putra
12/30/22 1:22:51 AM
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Now that I'm back to watching Netflix I find myself preferring series with 8 episodes or less. Twelve episodes is okay too. More than that, it might seem too daunting for me.

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changmas
12/30/22 1:26:59 AM
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10-12 per season is ideal, but multiple seasons at that number is fine by me. feels like anything besides a 30 minute sitcom that tries to do more than 10-12 a season starts to run a little short on quality.

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FL81
12/30/22 2:01:03 AM
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a nice round 26

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ChichiriMuyo
12/30/22 2:16:10 AM
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I must say, it does depend on the show. If the show is trying to tell one over arching story per season 6-12 is great. If it's an episodic show like a medical/legal/cop drama I still like a standard TV length of 20-25 episodes since, while there are often on-going threads, each episode is mostly its own thing. These are also for hour* long episodes, half-hour* long episodes can have a few more episodes if they want.

*Generally in that range of length. Not all hour long shows get to or stop at an hour for various reasons.

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tcaz2
12/30/22 3:54:57 AM
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Exactly as many episodes as is needed to tell the story it wants to tell and not more or less.
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SHINE_GET_64
12/30/22 5:15:41 AM
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1000+

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Underleveled
12/30/22 8:11:49 AM
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If I'm REALLY loving the show, somewhere in the high double digits is very welcome.

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SeabassDebeste
12/30/22 9:41:54 AM
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for a while run,, if it's a show i live, easily 50+

i miss the days of long seasons as well; even if there are worse individual episodes at times i'm happy to have more stuff overall, especially because that often results in some of the best single episodes, almost randomly

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NBIceman
12/30/22 11:45:53 AM
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tcaz2 posted...
Exactly as many episodes as is needed to tell the story it wants to tell and not more or less.
Yep. I've seen TV seasons with 20+ episodes that felt like they went by twice as fast as some of the 8-episode productions Netflix has put out in recent years. It all depends.

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Ngamer
12/30/22 12:12:00 PM
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For 40 to 60 minute dramas, 8 to 10 episodes is ideal.

For 20-30 minute sitcoms, I'll allow up to 16 episode or so, anything beyond that and I might be less interested.


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HanOfTheNekos
12/30/22 12:23:44 PM
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I can still watch a 22 episode season of 40 minute episodes, but for a lot of the material coming out lately, 10 is a good number to reach for.

6 is too little.

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banananor
12/30/22 12:39:47 PM
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tcaz2 posted...
Exactly as many episodes as is needed to tell the story it wants to tell and not more or less.
Yep- it's probably a boring non answer, but it's how I feel, too

I've seen short series that were too long and long series that were too short

I mean, I guess the ideal show would be consistently dense, changing, intelligent, meaningful, and fun, and just keep going on forever

But I don't think that's possible

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MarkS2222222222
12/31/22 5:16:51 AM
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I can't think of a show I like where I would want fewer episodes

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Seanchan
12/31/22 5:50:10 AM
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MarkS2222222222 posted...
I can't think of a show I like where I would want fewer episodes

The Simpsons, The Office?

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Steiner
12/31/22 5:55:58 AM
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if there's not at least 100 episodes i'm not wasting my time getting invested

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foolm0r0n
12/31/22 9:12:59 AM
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10 but the classic 13 is ok

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